No one pursued them, no one stopped them. Ash, Satsuhiro, Metsumi, their daughter, and Keiko managed to leave without any trouble. Kaori didn't approach them again.
Hopefully, Ash thought, that's the last I'll see of any of them. Varcon, his priests, and... She remembered the other Savior, how she'd stood above her, about to end her life, how she looked at her with guilt afterward. Ash shook her head. And her.
A few hours after they left Jade, they got back to the farm.
Ash found herself sitting alone in the field behind the house. Inside, Satsuhiro and Metsumi bickered back and forth about what they'd make for dinner tonight, and Keiko waited for Ash to tell her to help her train again.
But, for now, Ash needed a moment.
